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Junior doctors in New South Wales have long decried what they describe as unsafe working conditions and unequal pay. In February, junior doctors went on strike after a leaked email referred to the group as “marshmallows” for questioning working hours. Recently, the NSW government released its report from the Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Funding, which calls for further efficiencies and funding.

Becca Whitehead

This week, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved a drug called donanemab for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Steve Macfarlane

Research suggests that persuasive and misleading communication practices are widely used by tobacco and vape industry actors to undermine the development of public policy that threatens their profits.

Michelle Jongenelis, Rebekah Anderson, Melissa Jones

New research examines how COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations could be reduced through national vaccine campaigns.

Annika Howells

Social media algorithms reward engagement, but chasing likes can cost doctors dearly, writes Dr Maria Li.

Maria Li

The INTEGRATE project offers a concise, algorithmic guideline for schizophrenia pharmacotherapy, co-designed by global experts and those with lived experience.

Dan Siskind, Rob McCutcheon

The landscape of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Australia has rapidly evolved, thanks to new vaccines and a rollout of state and national immunisation programs.

Annika Howells

The World Medical Association is taking steps to put doctors’ wellbeing front and centre with a review of their Statement on Physicians’ Wellbeing, writes Professor Steve Robson.

Steve Robson

As we head into the winter months, respiratory viral infections begin to rise. This year, human metapneumovirus is poised to make an impact.

Gary Grohmann, Robert Booy